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This quarter's results exceeded expectations, primarily driven by AI products Agentforce and Claudeforce, which unlocked platform value, leading to record customer spending and renewal rates.
Key data: Revenue of $11.35 billion, up 11% year-over-year; Agentforce ARR reached $1.5 billion; Free cash flow of $1.1 billion, soaring 81% year-over-year.
Business progress: Partnered with Anthropic to launch Claudeforce, combining top-tier AI with CRM to achieve integration across four layers: data, applications, agents, and interfaces. Agentforce customer count grew 70% quarter-over-quarter, and Slack's net new AOV posted the fastest growth rate since acquisition. AI consumption (AWU) reached 3.2 billion, up 97% quarter-over-quarter. Customers such as Uber for Business and Amazon Blink have already achieved significant efficiency improvements.
Guidance and outlook: Raised FY2027 revenue guidance by $300 million to $46.1–$46.4 billion, with organic growth contributing $100 million and acquisitions contributing $200 million. Q3 revenue is expected to be $11.42–$11.5 billion, with CRPO growth of approximately 14%.
Risk/highlight signals: Management's tone was extremely optimistic. Marc Benioff repeatedly emphasized that the "SaaSpocalypse" narrative has been disproven and noted that customer upgrades to premium tiers could yield a 60–80% premium, suggesting significant future pricing power.